I don't follow football. Who should I root for?

Dr. Know
I watch exactly one football game per year, the Super
Bowl, and I have no idea whom to root for. Is there any reason for an
Oregonian to prefer one side over the other? The Seahawks aren’t
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What's with the huge gathering of crows at Southwest 5th Avenue and Salmon Street every morning?

Dr. Know
Why do hundreds of crows gather in the trees at
Southwest 5th Avenue and Salmon Street around 7 every morning? Their
sound is deafening, and pedestrians have to dodge their droppings. What
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What's the story on the supposedly deadly microscopic fungus found in Oregon a few years ago?

Dr. Know
Never mind the world’s largest fungus [“Dr. Know,” WW, Jan. 2, 2013]—it’s harmless. Wasn’t some new type of microscopic fungus discovered in Oregon a couple years back? A deadly one, that
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What's the deal with the lights on top of the Standard Insurance building?

Dr. Know
A large pole with multicolored lights sits on top of
the Standard Insurance building downtown. The lights shine either white,
green or red. Is this Portland’s answer to Gotham’s Bat-Signal? An
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Is Oregon really home to home to the world’s largest mushroom?

Dr. Know
Someone recently told me Oregon was home to the world’s
largest mushroom. Is it as big as a whale? And where is it, so I can
avoid it? It sounds creepy.
—Another Liberal Arts Major
Puny huma
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Where did the “We’re Number One!” shout and gesture come from?

Dr. Know
I know Portland doesn’t have any teams likely to
inspire this behavior anytime soon, but where did the custom of waving
one’s index finger (real or foam rubber) in the air and shouting “We��
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If I quit my day job for a seasonal one and get laid off, can I collect unemployment?

Dr. Know
I am dying to be rid of the shackles of my heinous day
job. If I quit and took a seasonal holiday job, and then got laid off
from that, would I qualify for unemployment?
—Jane M.
Before I repl
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Can neti pots kill you?

Dr. Know
So now the Internet is telling me that neti pots—the
Ayurvedic sinus-irrigation tool that you use to pour water through your
nose—can kill you. Can they? Do those things even work?
—Leery i
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